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Workers return to work in Vietnam after Taiwan company hikes wages
Oct 20, 2010, 6:10 GMT
Hanoi - About 8,000 workers at a Taiwan-owned footwear company in northern Vietnam resumed work Wednesday after staging a five-day wildcat strike for salary increases, a trade union official said.
Workers at Sun Jade Vietnam Co successfully sought a basic monthly salary increase to 1.21 million dong (64 dollars) from 1.11 million dong, said Le Duc Duc Huan, deputy chairman of Thanh Hoa province's trade union.
They also asked the company to improve working conditions and dining facilities at its factory in the provincial capital, Thanh Hoa City. The company said it would need time to meet those requests.
'The company has basically satisfied all the workers' demands,' Huan said.
Police were sent to the factory to prevent violence, but no one was arrested because workers protested peacefully, a policeman said.
Under Vietnamese law, strikes must be approved by local authorities and the government-affiliated national trade union. In practice, virtually all strikes take place without such approval.
According to the Labour Ministry, 96 wildcat strikes took place in Vietnam in the first quarter of this year.
Ministry figures showed strikes dropped from 650 in 2008 to 216 in 2009 and most involved companies in the textile and garment sectors, which have foreign investors.
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